History and Biographical Record of Monterey and San Benito Counties and History of the State of California Containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present Volume 1

Los Angeles: Historic Record Co, 1910. Leather bound. Very good. Odd volume. 334pp. Quarto [29 cm] 3/4 brown leather with green cloth over boards. All edges gilt. Floral endpapers. Six illustrated plates. The leather is rubbed. There is a previous owner's name, along with and address, on the verso of the front free endpaper. Includes chapters on Spanish Explorations and Discoveries, Aborigines of California, Pueblos, First Decade of Mexican Rule, The Decline and Fall of the Missions, Revolt of the Californians, and Crime, Criminals and Vigilance Committees, among others.